#VU114281 Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38579
Published: August 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114281
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38579
CWE-ID: CWE-908
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the f2fs_init_read_extent_tree() function in fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01b6f5955e0008af6bc3a181310d2744bb349800
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/154467f4ad033473e5c903a03e7b9bca7df9a0fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44a79437309e0ee2276ac17aaedc71253af253a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc1615d5aba4f396cf412579928539a2b124c8a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dabfa3952c8e6bfe6414dbf32e8b6c5f349dc898
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e68b751ec2b15d866967812c57cfdfc1eba6a269